Many schools in the Capital started Nursery admissions on Saturday despite the Directorate of Education on Friday asking the schools to put them on hold till January 5.
Schools like Sanskriti School, Springdales School and DAV Public School started admissions, while others like Delhi Public School have decided to adopt the wait-and-watch policy and will start admissions after the Supreme Court verdict.
Schools in East and West Delhi saw parents, in large numbers, queuing up to buy application forms. Schools in Central Delhi and South Delhi released the forms online.
Parents will now have to buy individual forms for all schools they want to apply at. Some of the schools that had earlier announced to start admissions on Saturday delayed the procedure after the DOE notice.
Kapil Arora, seeking admission for his daughter in Dashmesh Public School in East Delhi said: “The admission procedure this year is very confusing. The schools are not declaring anything properly.”
Sumit Vohra from nurseryadmissions.com said: “Around 70 schools had announced to start admissions from Saturday, but only a few creamy layer schools started it. Others are starting from January 5, but many have not even declared the admission dates putting parents in a fix.”
Another point of worry for the parents this year is that the admission procedure has been prolonged. “Parents will have to run from pillar to post as schools are issuing forms till January 20 and January 31. This would also mean that the fee refund policy of the DOE will not be applicable in case a parent wants to withdraw admission from one school and go to another as the fee refund is valid only for one month,” added Mr. Vohra.
